This course includes three sources. A Reason for Handwritingcovers the five basic areas of letter allignment, slant, size, shape, and spacing. Phonics & English 1 covers basic concepts involving consonant and vowel sounds, blends, word families, matching pictures and words, sentence structure,and word forms...to name a few. A Reason for Spellingbegins with phonics pages and ends with 29 weeks of regular weekly spelling lessons.